A Tuscaloosa man has been charged in a rape investigation involving a 14-year-old.

The top stories from the 630am newscast for November 6, 2009.

The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post.

The crime reports for November 5, 2009 from the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

Legislation President Barack Obama is set to sign
Friday would extend unemployment insurance benefits by 14 weeks for
jobless people in all states, including Alabama, who have exhausted their benefits. The
jobless living in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico, that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher
would receive an additional six weeks.

An Owens Cross Roads man is
recovering after suffering first and second degree burns in an
apparent meth lab fire.
    Huntsville Emergency Medical Services responded to a call around
2:30 a.m. Thursday where a man was transported to Huntsville
Hospital for burns following a fire in a shed.

Post spokesman Tyler Broadway said early Friday that the toll now stands at 13 dead and 30 wounded.

The sheriffs gathered in Tuscaloosa on Thursday to make the endorsement.

A Madison County jury has found 17-year-old Michael Steger guilty of reckless murder in the 2007 shooting death of a 16-year-old girl.

The estate, valued at some $7 million, is to be sold at auction Monday at the Tallapoosa County courthouse.

Tammy Renee Silas has been in custody since Oct. 2 after police found the week-old infant, Yahir Anthony Carrillo, at her home in Ardmore, Ala.

The claim by Bill Johnson triggered denials Thursday by Riley aides, the state Republican Party chairman, as well as the former campaign officials Johnson cited as his source.

Alabama Power spokesman Michael Sznajderman says the $6 million will help with a $30 million project to upgrade two generating units at Lay Dam, one at Bouldin Dam and one at Jordan Dam.

William Curtis Jr., whose work at Tuskegee University ended in 1995, was indicted Tuesday along with John Moon, who was suspended from Tuskegee University police after his arrest Oct. 18.

tudents will be asked to sit with someone new at the cafeteria on Tuesday.

Huntsville Emergency Medical Services responded to a call around 2:30 a.m. Thursday where a man was transported to Huntsville Hospital for burns following a fire in a shed.

Tuscaloosa teenagers drink more and smoke more than kids in the rest of the state and the rest of the nation.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.

NBC13HD has learned that one member of the Alabama Army National Guard’s 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command was wounded today in the attacks at Fort Hood.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) - A former member of Gov. Bob Riley’s Cabinet says Riley received campaign contributions from Mississippi Indians who operate casinos and that money is influencing Riley’s fight against electronic bingo in Alabama.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A judge has refused to block the sale of Richard Scrushy’s palatial Lake Martin home.

Pierre Smith testified in his own defense at his capital murder trial Thursday.

An 18-wheeler traffic accident has caused a backup of four to five miles in either direction on I-20/59 in Bessemer.

Tyson Foods found in violation of Fair Labor Standards Act.

Judge Scott Coogler has given prosecutors 11 days for respond to Larry Langford’s request for a new trial.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.

Carole Smitherman fired Vance-Bowie over the handling of the city’s $20 million budget shortfall.

A woman has died in a serious two-car accident in Birmingham this morning.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A lawyer for Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Smoot is denying government claims that she improperly directed payments from county bond deals to two small banking firms.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Candidates are beginning to line up in Birmingham to replace Larry Langford as mayor of Alabama’s largest city.